Critical care EEG monitoring in children with abusive head trauma: A retrospective study of seizure burden and predictors of neurological outcomes
Almost 20 % of children with AHT had seizures recognized exclusively by cEEG. Normal cEEG background activity predicted a better outcome, while a shorter time to the first recorded seizure was associated with a higher in-hospital mortality. Corroborating prior reports, we found a significant clustering of cases during the winter. These results could enhance AHT prevention strategies and case prognostication.
Authors
- Cecil D. Hahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-8761)
- Elizabeth Donner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1126-0548)
- Jakob Bie Granild‐Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-6759)
- Puneet Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-2851)
- Robyn Whitney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-0646)
- Karen Choong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4608-4508)
- Hiroshi Otsubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-373X)
- Kevin Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-8308)
- Emma Cory
- Burke Baird
- Shelly Weiss
- Ayako Ochi
- Kian Yousefi Kousha
- Rajesh RamchandranNair
Institutions
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- McMaster Children's Hospital (CA)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Regional Hospital Randers (DK)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Seizure
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2024.11.002
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.22
Funders
- Aarhus Universitet